Via Tasnim:

A senior Iranian judiciary official said the issue of human rights is exploited by the West against the Islamic Republic.

“Human rights has been turned (by the West) into a field for blackmailing and attacking the (Islamic) establishment,” Chief of the Iranian Judiciary’s Human Rights Council Mohammad Javad Larijani said in an interview with the Tasnim News Agency.

He highlighted the strategy of resistance against this onslaught launched by the West in the name of human rights.

He rejected Western criticism of Iran’s implementation of Islamic laws, stressing “we are steadfast in our commitment to Islamic rules and the Islamic system”.

Larijani underlined that human rights is not a western issue and the West has no right to impose its interpretation of the issue.

“We are proud of Islam and we implement the (Islamic) rules,” he stated.